Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-03
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
Text of the Bill as It Finally
Passed Both Houses of
Congress.
Tho bill passed by Congress regulating

10 Os~e~'
Tho bill passed by Congress regulating
interstate commerce is as follows:
An act to regulate commerce: BE IL enacted
by the Senate and House OF Representatives OF
the United States Of America in Congress- as.
sembled, That the provisions of this act shall
apply to any common carrier or carriers en-
gagged in the transportation Of passengers oI
property wholly by railroad, or partly by rail-
road and partly by water when both are used
under common control, management, or ar
rangement for q continuous carriage or ship
ment from one State or Territory Of the United
states or the District OF Columbia 70 any other
State or Territory Of the United States or the
District Of Columbia, or from any place in the
United States to an adjacent foreign country, Oh
from any place in the United States through
n foreign country to any other place in the
United States, ana also to tho transportation in
like manner of property shipped from any place
in the United tates t. foreign country and
carried from such place to port of transship-
ment, or shipped from foreign country
to any place in the United States and
srT either ;n tBs United States or an
adjacent fore ign country: Provided, however,
That the provisions OF this act shall not apply
TO the transportation passengers or property,
or to the rece.vins, delivering, storage. or
handling Of property, wholly within one State,
and not shipped to or from n foreign country
from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
The term railroad" as used in this act shall
include all bridges and ferries used or operated
in connection with any railroad, and also all
the road in use by any corporation operating q
railroad, whether owned or operated under a
contract, agreement, or lease; and the term
Transportation" shall include all instrumen-
talities of shipment or carriage. All charges
made for any service rendered or to be rem
dered in the transportation OF passengers OF
property as aforesaid or in connection there
with, or for the receiving delivering storage
or handling of such property, shall be reason
able and just and every unjust and unreason-
able charge for such service is prohibited and
declared to be unlawful
Sec. g. That if any common carrier subject
to the provisions of this act shall directly In
directly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback,
or other device, charge, demand, collect, or re-
ceive from any person or persons u greater OF
less compensation for any service rendered, on
to be rendered, in the transportation of passen-
gers property subject to the provisions OF this
act, than it charges, demands, collects, or re-
ceives from any other person or persons foI
doing for him or them II like and contemporane-
Gus service in the transportation of like kind
OF traffic under substantially similar circum-
stances and conditions. such common carrier
shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimina-
tion which is hereby prohibited and declared to
be unlawful
Sec. g. That il shall be unlawful for any COM
mon carrier subject TO the provisions OF this act
to. make or give any undue or unreasonable
preference or advantage to any particular per-
son, company, firm, corporation, or locality, OF
any particular description of traffic, in any re-
spect whatsoever or TO subject any particular
person, company, firm, corporation, or locality,
undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvan-
tage in any respect whatsoever. Every common
carrier to the provisions OF this act shall
according to their respective powers, afford all
reasonable, proper and equal facilities for the
Interchange of traffic between their respective
lines, and for the receiving, forwarding and de-
livering of passengers and property to and from
their several lines and those connecting there
with, and shall not discriminate in their rates
and charges between such connecting lines but
this shall not be construed as requiring any such
carriar n Oiya tho of ita tfacka Ol
terminal facilities to another carrier engaged in
like business.
Sec A. That it shall be unlawful for any com
mon carrier subject to the provisions of this ac
to charge or receive any greater compensation
in the aggregate for the transportation OF pas
stantially similar circumstances and condi
tions, for q shorter than for longer distance
over the same line in the same direction, the
shorter being included within tho longer dis
tance; but this shall not bo construed as au
thorizing any common carrier within the tern
of this act to charge and receive as great com
pensation for a shorter as for a longer distance
Provided however that upon application to th'
Commission appointed under the provisions o
this act, such common carrier may, in specia
cases, after investigation by the Commission
be authorized to charge less for longer than 70
short distances for the transportation OF pas
sengers or property; and the Commission ma,
from time to time prescribe the extent to whicl
such designated common carrier may be re
lieved from the operation Of this section OF tn
act.
Sec. g. That it shall be unlawful for any com
mon carrier subject to the provisions of this &C
to enter into any contract, agreement or combi
nation with any other common carrier or carrier
for the pooling OF freights of different and com
psting railroads, or to divide between them TIL
| aggregate or net proceeds OF the earnings Q
| such railroads or any portion thereof; and Il
any case of an agreement for the pooling G
| freights as aforesaid, each day OF its continu
| ance shall be deemed n separate otfense
Sec. @. That every common carrier subject
the provisions of this act shall print and kee
for public inspection schedules showing tn
rates and fares and charges for the transports
| tfon of passengers and property which any sue
| common carrier has established aud which ar
in force at the time upon its railroGd. as define
printed as aforesaid by any such common cal
rier shall plainly state the places upon its raj
road between which property and passenger
will be carried, and shall contain the classihca
tion Of freight in force upon such railroad, AM
shall also state separately the terminal charge
and any rules or regulations which in any wis
| change, affect or determine any part OF tho ag
gregate of such aforesaid rates and fares an,
| charges. Such schedules shall be plainl
printed in large type, of Mt least the size OF or
dinary plea, and copies for the use of the publ
| shall be kept in every depot or station upon an
| such railroad in such places and in such form
| that they can be conveniently inspected. An
common carrier subject to the provisions of thi
| act receiving freight in the United States to b
carried through foreign country TO any place
\ in the United states shall also in like manne
| print and keep for public inspection at every
| depot whore such freight is received for ship
| ment, schedules showing the through rates es
! tablished and charged by such common carrie
to oil points in the United States be
yond tho foreign country to which i
accepts freight for shipment; and an
freight shipped from the United State
through n foreign country into the UniteC
States, the through rate ON which shall not hav
been mado public as required by this act shall
before it is admitted into the United State
from said foreign country, be subject TO Gus
| toms duties, as il said freight wero of n fol
| eign production; and any law in conflict wit
| this section is hereby repealed. No advanc
shall be made in tho rates, fares, and charge
which have been established and published a
aforesaid by any common carrier, in compli
| ance with the requirements OF this section, OK
| cept after ten days public notice, which shall
| plainly state the changes proposed to be mad
in the schedule then in force, and the tim
| when the increased rates. fares, or charges will
| 90 into effect; and the proposed changes shal
DO shown by printing new schedules, or shal
be plainly indicated upon the schedules in fore
at the time and kept for public inspection. Re
ductions in such public rates, fares, or change
| may be made without previous public
notice; bat whenever any such reduction 4
made notice OF the same shall immediately b.
| publicly posted, and the changes made shal
immediately DO made public by printing new
schedules, or shall Immediately be plainly In
| dicate upon the schedules at the time i'm fore
and kept for public inspection. And when an.
| such common carrier shall have established
| and published its rates. fares, and charges, II
compliance with the provisions Of this section
IL shall be unlawful for such common carrier 4
charge, demand, collect, or receive from an
| person or persons greater or less compensa
tion for the transportation OF passengers o
property, or for any services in connection
| herewith, than is specified in such publishes
schedule Of rates, fares, and charges as may a
the time be in force. Every common carrie
| subject to the provisions of this act shall Al
with the Commission hereinafter provided 70
| comics of its schedules Of rites, fares an,